Stacy Leo, LISW-CP
Compassionate help for stress and relationship strain
Details
| Name | Stacy Leo |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LISW-CP |
| Based in | South Carolina |
| Licensed in | South Carolina |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 10 |
About Stacy
Stacy Leo is a licensed social worker who helps adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship strain. She works with people who are coping with trauma, grief, parenting challenges, addiction, and major life changes. Stacy uses practical conversation and focused strategies to help clients feel steadier and more in control.
With ten years of experience, Stacy draws on several well-established approaches. She uses Narrative Therapy to help people rethink the stories they tell about themselves and their relationships.
Background and approach
She also applies Client-Centered principles to follow each person's lead and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and change patterns of behavior. Her work often centers on improving communication, addressing attachment and abandonment concerns, and managing anger or impulsivity.
She also supports people dealing with adoption and foster care issues, blended family challenges, caregiver stress, and the fallout from separation or infidelity. Stacy offers attention to both emotional and practical aspects of change. Sessions typically move at the client's pace.
Stacy aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through painful memories and build coping skills. She focuses on small, manageable steps that add up to real change. Stacy holds the South Carolina Licensed Independent Social Worker with Clinical Practice credential, listed as LISW-CP.
She provides services from South Carolina and conducts sessions in English. Her approach is collaborative and aimed at helping clients meet clear, realistic goals.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Trauma and abuse among the things Stacy works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Stacy among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Stacy among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Stacy among the ways she works.
- Gottman Method: Listed by Stacy among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Stacy among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Stacy among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Stacy among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Stacy directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Stacy directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
Approaches that guide online therapy and practical access
Stacy uses Narrative Therapy to help people rewrite the stories that shape their feelings and choices, which can be useful for issues like trauma, identity questions, and attachment concerns. She also relies on Client-Centered Therapy to follow the client's priorities and pace, offering a supportive space where the person's concerns lead the work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to spot unhelpful thoughts and try small behavioral experiments to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change impulsive patterns.Choosing the right approach is part of the collaboration. Stacy will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then suggest ways of working that fit those needs. That might mean combining narrative reflection with CBT exercises or focusing on relationship skills depending on what the client wants to change.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into a busy life. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and exercises that benefit from seeing each other, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, and chat or messaging can support quick reflections, homework, or ongoing contact between sessions. These options give flexibility for scheduling and different communication styles while Stacy adapts techniques to work well across formats.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does Stacy address?
She helps adults manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship problems, grief, addiction, parenting strain, and career or life changes.
What is Stacy's therapy style like?
Her style is collaborative and calm, using narrative conversation and hands-on skill work to change thoughts and behaviors.
How much experience does she have?
Stacy has ten years of clinical practice working with adults on a wide range of emotional and relationship issues.
What are her credentials and location?
She holds the South Carolina LISW-CP credential and practices from South Carolina.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with Stacy?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats does she use?
Stacy offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How are fees and scheduling handled?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time; to begin, use the Start Therapy button and complete the short matching questionnaire.
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